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ChangeX launches $50,000 fund to support local groups in City of Toronto and York Region to start or expand impactful community projects

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ChangeX, supported by a Community Empowerment Fund award from Microsoft, has launched a fund to support registered nonprofits to start or expand impactful community projects in the City of Toronto and York Region. This is the first year of the Toronto Community Challenge.

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Tips to strengthen your volunteer program and empower member volunteers

Nimble AMS

A nd learn volunteer empowerment strategies to try out at your organization! PEAK Grantmaking worked with a group of member volunteers to make this dream a reality, creat ing a variety of peer groups. These peer groups allow PEAK Grantmaking members to more easily connect, build relationships, and advance their careers.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability. When the group reimagined their office space, incorporating elements of culture into the new design was a priority.

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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

Defining ‘community service’ broadly Based on surveys and focus groups, Leveraging the Potential of Youth Service found that young people ages 18 to 25 defined “community service” broadly, beyond volunteering with a nonprofit organization.

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

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Podcast , I talked with Sarah Mitial, Founder and CEO of People Architecture Group. For example, if you’re talking to digital natives and your IT isn’t exactly new and shiny, emphasize different benefits that appeal to this group, such as professional development and a career path. On a recent Association 4.0 Touch-ups will backfire.

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Changing lives through financial empowerment

ASU Lodestar Center

One of the first classes I organized at the YW was for a group of young teenage mothers. It has been amazing to see the impact financial literacy can have on a person, and just how crucial financial literacy is on the future of our young people. In other words, they were just trying to make it through the day.

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Leveraging data to better serve under-resourced communities 

Candid

If we do not document the different needs of each group, the most at-risk and under-resourced communities will continue to fall through the cracks. Almost two years later, our ongoing surveys show food insecurity is prevalent across all age groups.